A volcano rocks and tour buses roll as Sitka looks back on a ‘boom’ year in 2022
Cruise tourism boomed, and Mt. Edgecumbe merely rumbled, in a year that generated some big numbers in Sitka. KCAW's News team looks back on 2022.
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More likely mud than magma, Sitka’s newest volcano is rising from the depths
Out fishing for halibut last month near Sitka, geologist Jacyn Schmidt and her partner noticed an unusual feature on their depth sounder: A 100-foot tall cone, with a plume of gas. Experts believe that it's an underwater volcano -- caused by heated mud or gasses, rather than by erupting magma.
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Mt. Edgecumbe officially reclassified from ‘dormant’ to ‘historically active’
The Alaska Volcano Observatory has reclassified Mt. Edgecumbe from "dormant" to "historically active." While there's clear evidence of volcanic activity deep under the mountain, it doesn't mean an eruption is imminent.
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